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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
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Subject: Re: core wars
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Date: Sat, 12-May-84 19:41:09 EDT
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Sounds like machine language animals to me. The simplest one
just runs up (or down) memory. This can be done with one
inststruction on our Honeywell, something like jump decrement
PC. Of course, they can be far more complex. With the advent
of memory protection, animals died out for the most part, but
before that they roamed free. I've heard stories of operating
systems that took potshots at memory hoping to kill animals
running loose...

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